[From a 31 December 1868 letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Louis Agassiz]

One of the things I most wished to say, and which I say first is the delight with which I found your memory so beloved in England. At Cambridge Professor [Adam] Sedgwick said: "Give my love to Agassiz. Give him the blessing of an old man." In London, Sir Rod. [Roderick Impey] Murchisson said: "I have known a great many men that I liked; but I love Agassiz." In the Isle of Wight, Darwin said, "What a set of men you have in Cambridge! Both our Universities put together cannot furnish the like. Why, there is Agassiz,—he counts for three."